1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
255 
KIEFFER PEARS IN MISSOURI. 
W. R. Potosi, -l/o.—We have 800 as pretty 
two-year-old Kieffer trees as you ever saw 
and would like to plant 1,000 more if you 
think that future market indicates a safe 
investment. Our conditions are these: We 
are in the Ozarks, ours is tine fruit land; 
limestone, fine red clay subsoil, in places sur¬ 
face soil is gravelly. We have never known 
Kieffer to blight; have one 20 years old, 
from which we picked 12 bushels of beau¬ 
tiful pears last year. It has entirely failed 
to fruit but once. The land we wish to plant 
is high, has perfect air drainage, is not 
suitable for apple or peach on account of 
washing. It is so situated that Spring frost 
never reaches it. It will not cost us to 
exceed $5.50 or $(i per acre for trees and 
planting. Land is in pasture, and I find that 
the cows do not browse trees when the leaves 
are off. If we can get 25 cents per bushel 
upon trees it will he a good investment. 
I do not believe it will pay to plant 
Kieffer pears extensively here in Mis¬ 
souri. I should advise the man from 
Missouri to plant Jonathan apples in¬ 
stead. L. A. GOODMAN. 
Kieffer seldom blights before four or 
five years old, but blights badly after that 
age in south Missouri. I do not think 
I would advise W. R. to set any more 
Kieffer pears in the Ozarks. Better 
set some hardy peach or apple. Sow land 
in clover if it washes and cultivate around 
trees by hoeing. geo. t. tippin. 
If I had 800 Kieffer pears, with my 
present organization and experience, I 
would consider that sufficient quantity for 
one man. In fact, we do not recommend 
pears of any kind on a large scale. Our 
experience is that they soon blight after 
beginning to bear; then the price is al¬ 
ready low with our present small acre¬ 
age, to say nothing of the disaster that is 
liable to overtake an orchard. They do 
not bring as much on the market as our 
better varieties of apples. 
W. G. VINCENHELLER. 
In general I would say no, plant no 
more. It is a pear of very poor quality, 
and it has been overrated, and over¬ 
planted. But knowing as I do how they 
grow, in the Ozark country I would, in 
the case you represent, advise the man to 
continue to plant the Kieffer. On the 
Ozark lands it is at least 35 per cent 
better in quality, and also much larger, 
than they grow in New Jersey, or in 
Pennsylvania and West Virginia, where 
I saw lots of them last Fall. One of 
the most important questions in regard 
to the growing of fruit, and one that 
most fruit growers are only beginning to 
learn, is the importance of location and 
soil suited to each individual variety of 
fruit. It is certainly a very great mistake 
to plant the Kieffer pear largely in the 
East, or the Ben Davis apple in the 
Ozarks of Missouri. Our people are ex¬ 
cusable for planting them, for they do 
quite well and bring paying prices. 
N. F. MURRAY. 
Pear blight is so prevalent and so de¬ 
structive in this western country that pear 
planting is considered rather doubtful 
business policy. A few growers have 
been moderately successful in spite of 
the blight, but many more have failed. I 
think the few successes obtained have 
been due rather to some peculiarity of 
soil or location than to cultural methods, 
though it seems to be pretty well estab¬ 
lished that blight is more prevalent in 
cultivated than in uncultivated orchards. 
One cannot decide as to the immunity of 
his orchard at the age of two years. I he 
blight rarely attacks the trees at that 
age. It frequently holds off till the or¬ 
chard has borne one crop, and then 
takes the whole thing. If one could be 
insured against the ravages of blight, as¬ 
suming that his neighbors’ orchards would 
continue to blight in the same old way, 
I believe that the planting of pears, even 
Kieffer pears, would be a profitable in¬ 
vestment. If your correspondent has a 
location where he is sure Kieffer pears 
will not blight, by all means advise him 
to plant them. I am sure they will 
never be grown plentifully enough in this 
country unless some effectual remedy for 
blight is discovered to make them too 
cheap, and one need not fear fruit com¬ 
petition that has to come over a thou¬ 
sand miles of railroad. vv. d. cellar. 
Harvester Talks to Farmers—No. 2. 
The Steel and Iron Used in the Champion. Deering, McCormick, Milwaukee 
and Plano Harvesting Machines. 
N buying a harvesting ma- thus independent of such conditions, and you want a thing well done, you must do 
chine—or anything else cannot be forced to pay these exorbitant it yourself.” The factory superintendent 
for that matter—the prob- prices, but will have these supplies at at the Champion, the Deering, the Mc- 
lem which confronts you the cost of producing them. This cost Cormick, the Milwaukee or the Plano 
is to secure the best ma- will not vary except to the slight extent plant, knows for a certainty that every 
chine for the money you that the cost of labor varies from year pound of steel and iron that goes into 
p a y_best not only in con- to year. the machines he manufactures is right, 
venience, but in durability, in strength, The coal mines owned and operated absolutely right, of the highest grade and 
in long service and substantiality. by the International Harvester Company free from flaw or defect. He knows also 
The problem confronting the manu- consist of 21,532 acres in Harlan County, that it is laid down in the factory under 
facturer who wants a permanent trade Kentucky, producing 15,000 tons of cok- his care at as low a price as it is pos- 
is how to produce an article of the high- ing coal to the acre—a good 50 years’ sible to produce good steel and iron, for 
est quality and yet sell it at a reasonable supply. the cost of its production has not been 
price. He must keep his price down or The iron mines operated by the Com- affected by the speculative fluctuations 
his trade suffers; he must keep the pany are in the Hibbing district of the of the market and every labor-saving, 
quality up or his reputation suffers. Mesabi range in Itasca and St. Louis money-saving, quality-improving device 
This is especially true in dealing with Counties, Minnesota, and in the Central known to the art of steel-making has 
the American farmer, for he is the most Falls district of the Menominee range in been employed in its production, 
discriminating buyer in the world. He Sauk and Iron Counties, Wisconsin. This is only one example of the manu- 
will not pay an extravagant price for They produce high grade ore of both facturing policy of the International 
anything; he will not take a shoddy ar- the Bessemer and non-Bessemer grade— Harvester Company. The constant aim 
tide a second time, at any price. a supply of 35 , 000,000 tons. is to improve the quality of its product 
Separately, the 
manufacturers of 
the Champion, 
Deering, McCor¬ 
mick, Milwaukee 
and Plano ma¬ 
chines could not 
afford to own the 
facilities for sup¬ 
plying the mate¬ 
rials in a raw 
■state /or their 
product, for such 
facilities can only 
be operated eco¬ 
nomically on a 
large scale. The 
combined product 
of these plants, 
however, is suf¬ 
ficiently large to 
justify the owner¬ 
ship by the com¬ 
pany of the 
in every possible 
way. Not only its 
steel, but its lum¬ 
ber and other ma¬ 
terials are produc¬ 
ed at first hand. 
We contend that 
this policy means 
much to the farmer 
who uses harvest¬ 
ing machinery, for 
it makes possible, 
and it is the only 
way in which it is 
possible—the pro¬ 
duction of a ma¬ 
chine of the high¬ 
est quality at the 
lowest cost. 
And that is what 
you are looking 
for. You cannot 
afford to overlook 
this question of 
sources of supply of raw material, and The International Harvester Com- quality, durability, strength, long-life, 
it was largely for the purpose of such pany’s steel and merchant bar mills are y ou can ge t this only in the Interna- 
ownership that the International Har- in South Chicago, Ill. They cover an tional line, for the International Har¬ 
vester Company was organized. area of 50 acres, employ 1,500 men and ves ter Company is the only 'company 
Take the matter of steel and iron as have a capacity of 900 tons daily. The j iav i n g complete facilities for manufac- 
an illustration. The modern harvesting accompanying illustration gives a partial turing under modern conditions, 
machine contains a good proportion of view of this big steel plant. It consists j ke £ act tkat cent 0 £ t ^ e ^ ar _ 
steel and iron, and in the past few years of two complete blast furnaces a con- yesti machines sold in this countr y are 
the price of these commodities has va- verting mill, a blooming mill and a mer- , * Tntprnatinnal Harvester Corn¬ 
ed greatly. In times of commercial chant bar mill. . . _ „ pany’smanXtire-the fact that this 
depression stocks of merchandise made \\ hen the ore is received from tie p ercerda g e j s increasing every year, is 
of steel and iron in the hands of mer- mine it is first smelted, then converted £ fett ° d ev j dence t j iat t he wide- 
chants throughout the country are al- into steel cast into steel ingots, reduced £ wak keen discriminating American 
lowed to run down to the lowest ebb to steel billets and rolled into various farmer is satisfied with its pro duct. 
possible, then when times improve these sizes of rods, flats and ovals required in . , , ._ 
stocks must be replenished quickly. This making harvesting machinery. His endorsement is wor i some hi g 
sudden and enormous demand overtaxes This immense plant is admittedly one to y° u - 
the facilities, and because of premiums of the best equipped steel plants in the At any rate, we ask every reader of 
paid for quick delivery the prices of United States. It has every facility for this little talk to do this; 
iron and steel go abnormally high. At producing steel and iron of the highest Call on the dealer in your locality for 
times steel soared so high in price that giade. It is manned by skilled and ex- catalogues and full information relative 
numerous small establishments were pert workmen and every step in the pro- t o the Champion, the Deering, the Mc- 
forced out of business, and even man- duction of the metal parts of the Inter- Cormick, the Milwaukee or the Plano 
ufacturers who had the spot cash to pay national machines is under the constant j n ur Qwn l oca lity. Each dealer un- 
for the goods were often unable to ob- and careful supervision of those who are derstands thoroughly the one line he 
sells, and carries a complete stock of 
tain steel and iron at the times they most interested in maintaining the high 
most needed them. Owning its own sup- quality of the company’s product. . . tr> cL™ 
plies of iron and steel in the raw state This plant and its success is a strik- repair parts. He 1 be pleased to show 
the International Harvester Company is ing illustration of the old proverb, “If you his particular line. 
The International Harvesting Machines, 
Champion, Deering, McCormick, Milwaukee and Plano 
are used by 90 per cent of the grain and grass growing farmers of America. They are satisfied because they have received 
full value for every cent spent for their machines. Their endorsement is worth something to you. I h e >’ na\e leceive 
greater value than they could get elsewhere because of the superior facilities for manufacturing and the common sense 
policy of the International Harvester Company. 
Remember, The International Lines are Represented by Different Dealers. See them tor catalogues. 
Binders, Reapers, Headers, Header-Binders, Corn Binders, Corn Shockers, Corn Pickers, Huskers and Shredders, Mo ers, 
Tedders, Hay Rakes, Sweep Rakes, Hay Stackers, Hay Balers, Knife Grinders, Gasoline Engines, 
Weber Wagons, Binder Twine. 
WE LEAD THE WORLD 
We are the largest manufac¬ 
turers of Grooved and Plain 
Tire Steel Farm Wagon 
Wheels in America. We 
guarantee our patent 
Grooved Tire Wheels to 
be the best made by anybody 
anywhere. Write us. 
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BOX 17 HAVANA. ILL 
A PERFECT SEED BED. 
The only spring tooth harrow that always pleases is the one here shown. Best in con¬ 
struction, best in wear, nearest perfection in working qualities. It is the 
LeV Tooth 9 Harrow. 
Frame ofangle steel bars with steel protecting shoe. Best adjust¬ 
ment of teeth for depth and clearance. Easy adjustment for dif¬ 
ferent soils. Teeth raised and carried on runners in transporting. 
Draft central and direct, no side motion. With teetli hseing 
plain or separate points. Seeing it work is to want it. Ask the 
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SYRACUSE CHILLED PLOW COMPANY, 
SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
Syracuse 
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